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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
in the academic literature, social scientists should focus their research on larger public problems. "That resonated with me," says Moss, who in 2005 founded the Tobin Project in collaboration with Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice Arthur Segel. An... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
soundtrack of Dominican life. The young musicians are all a part of the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established by Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) in 2013 to preserve the country’s musical tradition and educate a new generation of Dominican... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the... View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
the successes of the BNVC became the basis of the 2020 case, “The Black New Venture Competition,” written by HBS faculty members Karen Mills, Jeff Bussgang, and Martin Sinozich. The case is also the basis for the HBS course, Scaling... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
Their solution? The Goodness Web, a nonprofit that finds its strength in connection, through “a web of people who can aggregate resources—whether that is philanthropic dollars or contacts—to do good, better,” Swartz explains. Currently in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
Clubs News Clubs News Community Partners Lean In to Racial Equity Each year, hundreds of HBS alumni volunteer with their local alumni clubs and associations to offer pro-bono consulting to nonprofits in their communities. This year, the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
long-term solutions to fundamental problems. In Haiti, a recycling program built to reduce flooding from clogged canals has helped to reduce cholera transmissions and create sustainable jobs. In Brazil, a business consortium is providing a group of proven View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
a profit-making opportunity and a legitimate part of the financial-services industry, this scale constraint was lifted. "Only when an economic activity generates above-average returns can it become an industry," says Chu, "and only an... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
numbers. In truth, she argues, there’s no such thing as a “math kid,” and everyone is capable of numeracy, with the right support. That’s the message of her first book, Math Mind: The Simple Path to Loving Math, published in August 2024 by Penguin Random House. It’s... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
limited ability to scale up and have broad-based impact. Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) is working to change that by creating investments that can be self-sustaining. “India has 400 million people within the poverty line,” says Gandhi. “While... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
Club Leadership Conferences to keep the momentum going.” Oregon Community Partners Pitch Night: Matchmaking for A Better World The HBS Association of Oregon (HBSAO) held its Community Partners Pitch Night on May 22 to hear from local View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
temperature. These are among the moments and lessons he has brought, post-adventure, to speaking engagements in boardrooms, classrooms, startups, sales meetings, and nonprofits across the world. “I love helping people realize they can do... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
2011. Of the nation’s 16.2 million management jobs at smaller companies, only 6.7 percent are held by blacks, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These realities prompted John Rice (MBA 1992) to found Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
investments in tech companies to help extend their runway and put them on a path to scale when the downturn subsides,” says Dober. Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), founder of the nonprofit Fashion Girls for... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
philanthropist to give us $1 million to start a nonprofit to design, evaluate, and scale this service.” In 2015, Cole and Kremer launched Precision Agriculture for Development, together with Dan Björkegren... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
leaders to also, driving impact. We've gone through an interesting transition over the last three years. We've shifted the organization from a traditional NGO to still, a not for profit, but a partnership. We've grown the partnership significantly. We now have 15... View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
Cole. Approximately 60 people attended the in-person event, held at JLL in Washington, to get insights from alumni working in the public sector and nonprofit space. Shawn Cole is a professor in the Finance Unit and has taught in a variety... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley